In article ,
Tim Streater wrote:
The americans ''got to the moon'' using imperial linear measurements,
but they had trouble with volume tho'..7 UK pints to an american
gallon.

It's their cheese-paring short-measure pint: 16 Fl Oz instead of 20.
Still 8 US pints to a US gallon, though.

But IIRC our US cousins are traditionalists. They are using the imperial
measurements from independence times. It was the UK that changed them
later.

Surely you, being against aligning with any other countries, approve of
this?

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